100 ON THK CULTURE Ol' THE CALCEOI,ARIA BICOLOR. 



angustifoliuni, &c. ; Marsh Pennpvort, Hydrocotyle vulgaris ; 

 CrowbeiTy, Empetrum nigrum, (this is in general found at the 

 edges of the bogs ;) Sundew, Drosera rotundifolia, &c., this 

 curious and interesting little plant does not thrive well jjlanted in 

 the soil, it requires the white bog-moss above-mentioned — the 

 whole of these are found on the East Moor; Grass of Parnassus, 

 Parnassia paliistris, a beautiful plant found on Masson, Matlock 

 Bath, and on many other hills in the Peak. Many of the Or- 

 chises flourish well under this treatment, and by planting a variety 

 of them, a succession of these beautiful and interesting flower* 

 may be kept up for some months. 



The American Cranberry, Oxycoccus macrocarpus, fruits well 

 under this cultivation, and the Sisirjrnchium anceps flowers far 

 more beautifully and continues longer in flower than when on the 

 bed. Many other plants might be enumerated as suitable, but 

 they will occur to your readers. All jjlants which gi'ow naturally 

 in boggy or marshy situations may, I think, be successfully grown 

 in this manner. 



Perhaps your readers may think this miniature gaixlen not worth 

 notice, but I can assure such of them as are inclined to take the 

 trouble, and are fond of botanical pursuits, that they will find 

 themselves amply repaid by having it in their power to cultivate 

 some of the most beautiful, cui-ious, and least known of British 

 and Foreign plants. It is likewise paiticularly well adapted to 

 residents in a town, as a few square feet of space on a roof, a bal- 

 cony, or any such situation, is quite sufficient for the puii:)ose, and 

 the trouble and care required is trifling, 



Duffield Bank, April 5, 1833. O. Jewitt. 



ARTICLE III.— 0/i the Culture of the Calceolaria 

 bicolor. By Mr. T. K. Short. 



This most splendid Calceolaria is by far the best of the shrubby 

 class of these 2)lants, and if properly treated, when in full bloom , 

 has a most imposing appearance. By the mode of treatment I 

 pursue with it, one small plant will cover in a season 15 square 

 feet of trellis, and produce spikes of flowers 14 inches long. My 

 method is as folbws : — In INIarch, I take oft' cuttings from the 



